Share Rounding Error Does Not Prevent CGT Relief
There are often very specific rules that must be complied with in order to claim tax reliefs, but if a small mistake arises, the courts may be able to provide...
Continue readingThere is an established legal principle that where people have wills benefiting each other (as is normal with the wills of a husband and wife) and the order in which...
Continue readingIn order to make a valid will, you need to know your own mind – and it helps to have a solicitor on hand to advise you. That was certainly...
Continue readingClaims by disappointed children seeking a share, or a larger share, of a parental estate are on the rise, with the latest figures published showing a year-on-year increase of more...
Continue readingWhen a couple break up, a financial settlement is normally agreed between them as part of the proceedings and that, usually, is that. However, in a recent case involving...
Continue readingThere are a number of criteria which must apply in order for a will to be valid and one of the most important is that the person making the will...
Continue readingWhen a businessman died, he left his substantial and complex business affairs in the hands of his executors – his brother, his widow and his accountant. As his business had...
Continue readingElderly people are often vulnerable to fraudsters and that is why it is essential to ensure that they have access to proper legal advice. In one case that proves the...
Continue readingBeneficiaries often have to wait for many years after a person’s death to inherit under a will – but to what extent do they have a right to be kept...
Continue readingBeneficiaries are frequently unsatisfied with the actions (or often, the lack of action) of the executors of estates or administrators of family trusts, and the animosities that can arise are...
Continue readingFamily trusts often date back many years, and those who drafted them could not have been expected to foresee all the dramatic social changes that have happened since pen was...
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